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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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7* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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9* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
10
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11* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
12 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
13 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
14
a40593a0 15* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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19aadacf 17* When we detect invalid UTF-8, we cannot use it in an error message:
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18 log...("Path is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
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20* shorten the message to sane length:
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22 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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466784c8 24Fedora 20:
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969987ea 26* external: ps should gain colums for slice
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81d112a8 28* localed:
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29 - localectl: support new converted x11→console keymaps
30
55d32caf 31* when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 32 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 33
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34CGroup Rework Completion:
35
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36* implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
37
38* implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
39
40* handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
41
049b4474 42* introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
bafb15ba 43
eb124a97 44Features:
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46* add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
47
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48* sd-bus: synthesized messages should get serial number (uint32_t) -1
49
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50* sd-event: allow multiple signal handlers per signal
51
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52* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
53
54* move libasyncns into systemd as libsystemd-asyncns
55
56* calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
57
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58* sd-bus: when triggering property change events, allow a NULL strv indicate that all properties listed as such are send out as changed
59
60* sd-bus: enforce signatures on response messages
61
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62* sd-bus: see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
63
64* sd-bus: introduce sd_bus_creds object and attach it to messages as well as allow querying it for names
65
66* sd-bus: support "const" properties as flag
67
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68* sd-event: when a handler returns an error, just turn off its event
69 source, but do not return anything up to the event loop
70 caller. Instead add parameter to sd_event_request_quit() to take
71 retval. This way errors rippling upwards are the option, not the
72 default
73
74* sd-event: child pid handling: first invoke waitid(WNOHANG) and call event handler, only afterwards reap the process
75
76* sd-event: native support for watchdog stuff
77
78* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH call over the bus
79
80* sd-bus: SD_BUS_COMMENT() macro for inclusion in vtables, syntax inspired by gdbus
81
82* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
83
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84* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
85
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86* increase journal files by a few MB each time, instead of piecemeal
87
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88* add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
89
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90* systemctl: rework wait filter to not require match callback
91
92* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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94* bus: access policy as vtable flag
95
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96* journalctl: support -M to read journal of containers and determine journal directory from root directory of container
97
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98* tmpfiles: to make sure we don't delete unpacked tarballs with old timestamps right-away never delete stuff that is inside a directory with a new mtime
99
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100* "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
101 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
102
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103* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
104
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105* remove NSS usage from PID 1 (notably the specifiers)
106
a427c13d 107* socket-proxyd:
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108 - Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
109 - Until we can start daemons directly, find a less ugly, less racy alternative than shell scripts for the second man page example.
110 - Support starting daemons directly without requiring a shell script; update man pages
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112* "systemctl cat" or "systemctl view" command or or so, that cats the backing unit file of a service, plus its drop-ins and shows them in a pager
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114* rfkill,backlight: we probably should run the load tools inside of the udev rules so that the state is properly initialized by the time other software sees it
115
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116* Add a new Distribute=$NUMBER key to socket units that makes use of SO_REUSEPORT to distribute network traffic on $NUMBER instances
117
19aadacf 118* tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
7f79cd71 119
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120* we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
121
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122* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
123
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124* libdsystemd-bus should expose utf8 validation calls
125
7f79cd71 126* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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128* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
129 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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130 path anyway.
131
19aadacf 132* When a Type=forking service fails and needed another service, that
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133 service is not cleaned up again when it has StopWhenUnneeded=yes
134 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-July/012141.html
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136* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
137
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138* ensure scope units may be started only a single time
139
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140* better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
141
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142* systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
143
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144* for transient units, instead of writing out drop-ins for all properties consider serializing them in the normal serialization stream
145
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146* logind: when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
147
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148* session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
149
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150* add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
151
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152* journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
153
19aadacf 154* given that logind/machined now let PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
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155 probably reduce the capability set they retain substantially.
156
6aaa8c2f 157* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 158
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159* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
160
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161* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
162
e1b7e7ec 163* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 164
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165* when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
166
19aadacf 167* when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
fa7deadb 168
19aadacf 169* "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
69af4503 170 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
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171 unit however should remove them all).
172
173* journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
174
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175* systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
176
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177* journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
178 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
179 to syslog when it works again.
180
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181* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
182
183* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
184
19aadacf 185* service_coldplug() appears to reinstall the wrong stop timeout watch.
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187* transient units: allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
188
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189* how to reset dynamically changed attributes sanely?
190
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191* when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
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4ad49000 193* journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
3d3ee759 194
9444b1f2 195* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 196 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 197 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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198 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
199 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 200
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201* when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
202 the hierarchies of child processes
203
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204* document logic of auto/noauto and fail/nofail in fstab in systemd.mount or systemd-fstab-generator man page
205
19aadacf 206* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 207
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208* document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
209
a65f06bb 210* change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
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211 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
212 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
213 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
214
215* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
216 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
217
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218* libsystemd-bus:
219 - default policy (allow uid == 0 and our own uid)
220 - enforce alignment of pointers passed in
eb01ba5d 221 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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222 - implement translator service
223 - port systemd to new library
224 - implement busname unit type in systemd
225 - move to gvariant
eb01ba5d 226 - merge busctl into systemctl or so?
e4ee6e5c 227 - synthesize sd_bus_message objects from kernel messages
c7819669 228 - properly implement name registry ioctls for kdbus
86312ab8 229 - implement monitor logic
07459db6 230 - properly map matches with well-known names against messages with unique names
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231 - longer term:
232 * priority queues
86312ab8 233 * priority inheritance
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235* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
236 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
237 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
238
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239* add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
240 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
241 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
242 kernel.
243
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244* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
245 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
246
69af4503 247* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 248
69af4503 249* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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251* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
252 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
253
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254* if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
255 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
256 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
257 needs setuid().
258
259* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
260
261* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
262
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263* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
264
265* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
266
4a449ed7 267* logind: add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
75512303 268
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269* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
270
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271* test/:
272 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
273 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
889a9042 274 - qemu wrapper script: http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg72389.html
b8b4d3dd 275
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276* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
277
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278* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
279 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
280 file.
281
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282* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
283 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
284 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
285 destination.
286
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287* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
288 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
289
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290* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
291
292* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
293
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294* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
295 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
296 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
297 old.
298
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299* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
300 need manual exponential loops after all
301
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302* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
303 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
304 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
305 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
306
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307* man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
308
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309* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
310 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
311 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
312 that automatically.
313
69af4503 314* rework specifier logic so that we can distinguish OOM errors from other errors
487060c2 315
e5ec62c5 316* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 317
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318* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
319
54c31a79 320* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 321
8973790e 322* documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
3679d112 323
69af4503 324* add a tool that lists active timer units plus their next elapse and the time the units ran last
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326* man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
327
328* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
329
69af4503 330* man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
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332* systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
333
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334* man: add more examples to man pages
335
336* man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
337
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338* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
339
340* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
341
342* msgcatalog determine default language of entries from the catalog
343 file name. i.e. foobar.de_DE.catalog would set the default entry
344 name for the entries to de_DE if they aren't explicitly suffixed
345 individually.
346
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347* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
348
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349* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
350
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351* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
352 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
353 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
354 will be activated.
355
356ce991 356* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 357
81d112a8 358* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 359
b44be3ec 360* EFI:
b44be3ec 361 - write man page for efi boot generator
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362 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
363 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 364 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 365
c0fe5db5 366* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 367
b44be3ec 368* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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370* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
371 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 373* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 374
b44be3ec 375* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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377* logind:
378 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
379 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
380 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
381 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
382 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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383 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
384 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 385 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
e5ec62c5 386 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
e673ad04 387
b44be3ec 388* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 389
b44be3ec 390* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 392* journal:
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393 - do not use magic msync() in src/journal/journal-file.c, just call fsync()
394 <alxchk> poettering: looks like msync just calls vfs_fsync
395 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/mm/msync.c#n18
c06bf414 396 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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397 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
398 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
399 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
400 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
401 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
402 - journal: reuse XZ context
403 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
404 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
405 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
406 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
407 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
408 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
409 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 410 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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411 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
412 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
413 - journal: when rotating, copy over old acls/access mode
b44be3ec 414 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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415 - journal-send.c, log.c: when the log socket is clogged, and we drop, count this and write a message about this when it gets unclogged again.
416 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
417 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 418 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 419 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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420 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
421 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
422 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
423 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
77a9e8de 424 - journalctl: expand tabs
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425 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
426 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
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427 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
428 - Port upower to use the journal for historical power information used in future calculations
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430* document:
431 - document unit_name_mangle()
432 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in
433 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
434 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
435 - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
436 - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run
437 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 438 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 439 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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441* systemctl:
442 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
443 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
444 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
445 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
446 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
447 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
448 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
449 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
450 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
451 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
452 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
453 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
454 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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456* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
457
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458* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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460* timer units:
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461 - timer events with system resume
462 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
463 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
464 o DST changes
eb124a97 465 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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467 - anacron-like feature
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469* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
470
471* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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472 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
473 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 474 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 475 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 476 user did not request anything like it.
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479 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
480 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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483 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
484 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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486 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
487 better supported alternative.
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490
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491* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
492
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493* If we show an error about a unit (such as not showing up) and it has no Description string, then show a description string generated form the reverse of unit_name_mangle().
494
495* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
496* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
497* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 498
b44be3ec 499* timedated:
b44be3ec 500 - timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 501
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502* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
503
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504* introduce generic AUGMENT_PID=, AUGMENT_DEVICE= fields
505
b44be3ec 506* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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508* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
509 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
510 - superset of tmpfiles model
511 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
512 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
513 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
514
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515* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
516 waiting for the timeout
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518* high level net_prio setting in execution context
519
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520* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
521
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522* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
523
15abdb9a 524* refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?)
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527 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
528 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
529 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
530 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
531 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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533 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
534 interfaces to the container
535 - nspawn: maybe add a way to drop additional caps, in addition to add additional caps
536 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 537 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 538 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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540* cryptsetup:
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541 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
542 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
543 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 544 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 545
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547
424a19f8 548* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 549 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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551* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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554
8556879e 555* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 556 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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559
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560* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
561
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562* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
563
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564* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
565
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566* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
567
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568* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
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570* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
571
68f16003 572* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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574* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
575
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577 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
578 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
579 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 580 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 581 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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585* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
586
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587* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
588
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589* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
590
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591* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
592
88a6c589 593* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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596 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
597 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
598 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
599 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
600 - system-wide seccomp filter
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603
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604* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
605 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
606
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607* introduce Type=pid-file
608
59cea26a 609* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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614 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
615 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
616 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
617 - blocking, needs a thread
618 - run until -EAGAIN
619 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
620 - call umount
621 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
622 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
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625
e01a15b7 626* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 627
abd55b16 628* udev:
3f60bcb5 629 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 630 - move to LGPL
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632 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 633
18b754d3 634* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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636* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
637
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638* support container_ttys=
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640* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
641
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642* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
643
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644* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
645
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646* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
647
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648* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
649
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650* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
651
652* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
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655
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656* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
657 needs to be auto-respawned?
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659* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
660
de6c78f8 661* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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b44be3ec 663* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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d3c7d7dd 667* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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670 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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675 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
676
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677* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
678
7c697168 679* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 680
71092d70 681* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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684 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
685 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
686
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688
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690 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
691
71092d70 692* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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695 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
696 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
697 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
698 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
699 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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702
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703* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
704
68c7d001 705* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 706 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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707 - enabling dbus services
708 - status update
7a2a0b90 709 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 710 - remote access
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712 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 713 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 714 - auto-restart
e707c494 715 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 716 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 717 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 718 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 719 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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721 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
722 - how to create your own target
723 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
724 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 726* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 727
71092d70 728* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 729
260abb78 730* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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129126f3 740* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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742 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 743 - postfix, saslauthd
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745 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
746 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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71092d70 749* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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50f2a90d 751* io priority during initialization
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7ba97195 755* systemd-python:
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757 works with ^C
b04c8c83 758 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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761 - plot per-process IO utilization
762 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
763 - document initcall_debug
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765
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767 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
768 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
769 on Path= matching
770 - NamePolicy= replace the current naming rules
771 - MACPolicy= support 'firmware', 'synthetic' and 'random'
772 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
773
2f8cd170 774External:
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cc9784c6 776* dbus:
cc9784c6 777 - dbus --user
3377af3e 778 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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780 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 781 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 782 - always pass cred data along each message
b44be3ec 783 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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9096ad36 789* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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791* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
792 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
793 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
794 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
795 the RTC to sync up.
796
71092d70 797* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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801* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
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803* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
804
805* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
806
807* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
808
d2bbca68 809* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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811* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
812
813* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
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4641a16b 815* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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129126f3 817Regularly:
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129126f3 819* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
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129126f3 821* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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823* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
8c6db833 824
14212119 825* %m in printf() instead of strerror(errno);
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827* pahole
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71092d70 829* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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4db17f29 831* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 835Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 837* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)